MHPSS Network

SIGN UP 💥 Supervision for Scalable Interventions (Level 1 – #Arabic) consists of interactive exercises, group work, role-plays, feedback sessions, and discussions. 💻Location: Online (Zoom) 📅 Register by March 24, 2025 (23:59 CEST) 👉 Learn more: shorturl.at/1wECY

VACANCY ⚡ Programme Specialist (MHPSS) @UNICEF Contract type: Temporary Appointment Duty Station: Kyiv Location: Ukraine Deadline: 29 March Apply 🔗 shorturl.at/aSFLc

WEBINAR ALERT ⚡🌏 The ReachNow Tool: From Adaptation to Implementation in Liberia 🇱🇷 📅 When: 21st January at 13:00 UTC. 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/gNWKq

🥎 Why Movement Matters: Episode 4 ⛹️ Introducing Sport Coach+, practical training and resources to equip coaches with skills and techniques to support young players affected by crisis or adversity. 🔗 Watch youtu.be/1YJZUF5nTso

🏓 Why Movement Matters: Episode 3 🏈 Introducing a model for physical activity that encourages #MHPSS practitioners to feel the benefits themselves and link with available physical activity services. 🔗 Watch youtu.be/EYxs3IzBqnI

🥊 Why Movement Matters: Episode 2 🚴‍♀️ The #MHPSS Pyramid and #Sport. Exploring how sport and physical activity can be integrated across the different layers of the @iascch MHPSS pyramid. 🔗 Watch youtu.be/cmnZAGdWi2E

🏀🏏 Why Movement Matters: Episode 1 🎾 An introduction to the links between physical activity and #mentalhealth, including the @WHO physical activity guidelines. 🔗 Watch youtu.be/MpO4BaN-6LE

This new animation series, developed by the Olympic Refuge Foundation and Books Unbound offers a shared resource for both the sport/ sport-for-development and MHPSS communities, making evidence usable for practitioners working in diverse settings.

WATCH ⚡ Movement is a powerful tool for mental health and wellbeing, yet its role in #MHPSS is often overlooked ⚽🏀🎾 youtube.com/watch?v=uE8srQ…

In this webinar, recorded 5 years after the publication of the PFA guide, lead author Leslie Snider, reflects critically on the ways in which PFA was already reshaping what was possible in humanitarian settings. 🔗 Watch: shorturl.at/vVLIp #WMHD2025 #WorldMentalHealthDay

#MHPSSMilestones 📍Psychological First Aid (PFA) has been described as 'probably the most popular MHPSS activity in the world' & become the standard training for frontline workers who encounter distressed persons in humanitarian contexts. 📘 View: shorturl.at/X8J26

💥 We are delighted to announce that @marcio_gagliato, MHPSS.net's Director of Operations, is taking on a new role as the new @UNICEF Co-Chair of the @iascch Reference Group on MHPSS 💥 Read more: shorturl.at/87LkW

#WorldMentalHealthDay⚡ A new multi-agency advocacy paper highlights a critical need: integrating #MHPSS in humanitarian response. 📘 Key Ask 5: Ensure MHPSS programming is community-driven and contextually grounded 🔗 Read the full paper: shorturl.at/EdLsi #WMHD

#WorldMentalHealthDay: we're advocating for a fundamental shift in how we view mental health in emergencies ⚡ A new multi-agency advocacy paper highlights a critical need. 🔗 Read the full paper: shorturl.at/EdLsi #MHPSSMatters #WMHD

We wish Marcio every success in his new role, taking forward the collective vision of the membership of the Reference Group at this particularly critical juncture for the field. #WMHD #WorldMentalHealthDay

We wish Marcio every success in his new role, taking forward the collective vision of the membership of the Reference Group at this particularly critical juncture for the field.

Reflecting on the lessons from this experience in 2023, Mike Wessells highlighted the critical role that process played in the development of the guidelines. Read: 📙 shorturl.at/BcXC7

#MHPSS Milestones 📍 The publication of the IASC Guidelines on MHPSS in Emergency Settings in 2007 was a pivotal moment in the development of the field. Read 📘 shorturl.at/NObRH #WMHD2025

Interestingly, some of the tensions have re-emerged in the discourse in recent years, as Ananda Galappatti notes on a panel held on World Mental Health Day last year 👉 shorturl.at/jGhdy

#MHPSS Milestones 📍 The early years of the field of MHPSS were extremely productive, but also characterised by deep divisions that emerged between intervention approaches. Read more about these 'tensions' summarised by Alastair Ager 🔗 shorturl.at/v5GEP #MHPSSMatters